Valletta Pedestrian Zones Regulations, 2008

L.N. 275 of 2008

TRAFFIC REGULATION ORDER

(CAP. 65)

MALTA TRANSPORT AUTHORITY ACT

(CAP. 332)

Valletta Pedestrian Zones Regulations, 2008

IN exercise of the powers conferred by article 54 of the Traffic

Regulation Ordinance and article 32 of the Malta Transport Authority

Act, the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Communications has,

after consultation with the Malta Transport Authority, made the

following regulations>–

(1) The title of these regulations is the Valletta Pedestrian Title and

commencement

Zones Regulations, 2008.

date.

(2) These regulations shall be deemed to have come into

force on the 1 st September, 2008.

In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires>

Interpretation.

“the Authority” means the Malta Transport Authority set up

under the provisions of the Malta Transport Authority Act<

“the Local Council” means the Valletta Local Council

established in terms of the Local Councils Act<

“pedestrian zone” means an area -

(a) which has been laid out to improve amenities for

pedestrians< and

(b) to which the entry of vehicles is prohibited or

restricted<

“permit” means a permit issued by the Local Council to a

resident or owner of a garage facing onto Misra[ San :wann<

“resident” means a Valletta resident residing within the

pedestrian zone<

“vehicle” means any motor vehicle or its trailer.

The following streets in Valletta have been designated as Streets designated

as pedestrian zones.

pedestrian zones>

(a) that length of Triq il-Merkanti between Triq in-Nofsinhar

and Triq l-Arçisqof<

(b) that length of Triq }akkarija between Triq in-Nofsinhar

and Misra[ San :wann<

(c) that length of Triq ir-Repubblika between Triq l-

Ordinanza and Triq it-Teatru l-Antik<

(d) that length of Triq Santa Luçija between Triq il-Merkanti

and Triq id-Dejqa<

(e) that length of Triq San :wann between Triq ir-

Repubblika and Triq il-Merkanti<

(f) that length of Triq Melita between Triq San Pawl and

Triq l-Ifran<

(g) that length of Triq in-Nofsinhar between Triq l-Ifran and

Triq ir-Repubblika<

(h) that length of Triq l-Arçisqof between Triq ir-Repubblika

and Triq San Pawl< and

(i) that length of Triq it-Teatru l-Antik between Triq ir-

Repubblika and Triq San Pawl.

(1) Vehicles shall be prohibited from proceeding or waiting

in the said zones>

Provided that the following vehicles shall be exempt from the

prohibition –

(a) vehicles being used to render a service to the business

community and residents<

(b) vehicles registered in the name of a resident or the owner

of a garage facing onto Misra[ San :wann<

(c) electric minicabs<

(d) vehicles used in connection with the emergency services

and security< and

(e) vehicles used within the zones with the permission of

the Commissioner of Police for ceremonial purposes.

(2) The Local Council may give temporary exemption to

vehicles in connection with construction or maintenance works or with

special events and also exemptions to vehicles permitted for reasons of

security.

(3) Bollards shall be placed at each end of each street within

such zones to block the entry of prohibited vehicles into the zones.

(4) Bollards may be of the electronic automatic type.

(1) A resident or an owner of a garage facing onto Misra[ Permit for access by

residents’ vehicles.

San :wann, who is the holder of a permit, shall be allowed to access

the zones with his vehicle through Triq San :wann from Triq l-Ifran

through the use of a remote control.

(2) A permit may be obtained upon application on the

appropriate form from the Local Council.

(3) Residents qualifying for a permit shall be issued with

the said permit to be exhibited behind the windscreen, a parking disc

and a remote control.

(4) Where the Local Council refuses an application for a

permit, the Local Council shall by notice in writing, within seven days,

inform the applicant of its decision and the reasons therefor.

(5) Where the Local Council refuses an application, the

applicant may, within twenty-one days starting on the date of such notice

appeal before the Contestation Board set up under regulation 11 of the

Vehicle Access Zones (Control) Regulations, 2007.

L.N. 105 of 2007.

(1) One resident from each household within the zones shall Alotment of remote

controls to

be entitled to one free of charge remote control. The resident will be residents.

entitled to another free of charge remote control if the first entitlement

is reported lost to the Police.

(2) Where the second or other replacement remote control

will be reported lost, they will only be replaced upon the payment of a

fee of €250.

(1) Holders of a permit shall only be allowed to access the Access only for a

limited period of

pedestrian zones for a period of ten minutes, during which time they time.

should display behind the vehicle’s windscreen the parking disc showing

the time of parking as correctly as possible.

(2) Where a vehicle is left parked on the road for a period

longer then the maximum of ten minutes, the owner of that vehicle

shall be guilty of an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine

(ammenda) of sixty euro.

(1) Vehicles qualifying under (3) (a) shall be allowed to

access the pedestrian zones during the following times and days of the

week>

- Monday>

00. to 09.30 hrs

14.30 to 16.30 hrs

19.30 to 20.30 hrs

- Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday>

24.00 to 09.30 hrs

19.30 to 20.30 hrs

- Thursday

24.00 to 09.30 hrs

14.30 to 16.30 hrs (until the 31 st December, 2008)

13.00 to 16.00 hrs (as from the 1 st January, 2009)

19.30 to 20.30 hrs

- Saturday>

24.00 to 09.30 hrs

14.30 to 16.30 hrs

(2) Such vehicles found within the zones outside the times

in sub-regulation (1) hereof shall be issued with a contravention notice

and the registered owners of such vehicles shall, on conviction, be

liable to a fine (ammenda) of sixty euro.

9. (1) A vehicle which accesses a zone without a permit or

which is found in the zone without a permit shall be issued with a

contravention notice.

(2) The registered owner of such a vehicle shall, on

conviction, be liable to a fine (ammenda) of two hundred euro.

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